Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Savannah Voice Festival (SVF) is bursting with song in anticipation of its summer festival season kicking off with a two-week festival running August 7 through […]
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Picnic in the Park: Halloween Mask-A-Rade
Historic Forsyth Park will be empty for this year’s Picnic in the Park, but the show will go on, thanks to the combined efforts of the Savannah Philharmonic and WTOC-TV. […]
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Food insecurity is focus of second Enmarket Encourage presentation
Suggs conducted a research study with local food pantries, soup kitchens, and Second Harvest here in Chatham County
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Anda Union brings singular sound, experience to Savannah Music Festival
The members of Anda Union not only draw from their own tribes and histories for inspiration, but from other sources of Mongolian music as well
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Robbie Fulks’ full circle career moments
Robbie Fulks is still going strong. Decades after starting out in Chicago and eventually moving to Nashville to work as a songwriter—where his solo career began—Fulks continues to make records […]
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Darrell Scott, master of all trades
The in-demand session player and Nashville songwriter has written for a number of artists
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Jerry Douglas, slide legend
He’s become one of the most in-demand session and touring players in the world, and for good reason – there might not be anyone better at what Jerry Douglas does than Jerry Douglas
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Game-changer at Trustees’ Garden
IF YOU watched the new American Idol on ABC on March 25, you got a glimpse of the Kehoe Iron Works at Trustees’ Garden, where that episode of Idol was […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Moira Smiley sings out
Singer and composer Moira Smiley knows how to sing the body acoustic. Throughout her musical career, the “vocal shapeshifter” has sung and created for features films, BBC and PBS programs, […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Gullah Roots
WHEN trumpet player Etienne Charles was growing up in Trinidad, a rare rice was growing on the island, too. Hill rice, with origins tracing back to West Africa, was plentiful […]
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Savannah Music Festival Review: Jazz Organ Summit
It’s always a great treat to hear the classic analog live sound of the Hammond B-3 organ and the rich tones produced by its iconic Leslie cabinet; greater still when it’s played by talents such as these.
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Savannah Music Festival: North Carolina’s Hiss Golden Messenger teams up with Pakistani band Sounds of Kolachi
One of Savannah Music Festival’s most unique components is its unusual bill pairings. This weekend, the festival honors two traditions: Hiss Golden Messenger’s distinctly American roots/rock sound and Pakistani rock […]